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"Amnesty can only be granted when one has been tried and convicted. If we brush aside violations without acknowledging we may encourage another chapter of chaos in the country."

-Martha Karua, Minister of Justice

"In 1980, Museveni went to the bush claiming that the elections were rigged. Now he is the same man congratulating Kibaki whose victory is being disputed. This is the saddest thing the President has done to East Africa."

-Prof. Ogega Latigo, Uganda's Leader of the Opposition in Parliament

"I do not know whether Kibaki won the election."-ECK chairman Samuel Kivuitu talking to The Standard after admitting that he read the election results under pressure from PNU